Ezekiel 16:38:4Ezek.16.38.W4TAB
וְשֹׁפְכֹ֖ת
veshofekhot
“and {of} those who pour out”
- Transliteration
- ve-sho-fe-KHOT
- Extended
- veh-shoh-feh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /vəʃoː.fəˈxoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and {of} those who pour out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sho-fe-KHOT
- clause
u-she-FAT-tik mish-pe-TE no-a-FOT ve-sho-fe-KHOT DAM
- sentence
u-she-FAT-tik mish-pe-TE no-a-FOT ve-sho-fe-KHOT DAM u-ne-TAT-tik DAM khe-MA ve-kin-A
Exegesis
This is expanded by the participle veshofkhot dam {וְשֹׁפְכֹ֖ת דָּ֑ם | wə-šō-p̄ə-ḵōṯ dām} ‘and those who shed blood.’
In context — Ezekiel 16:38
And I will judge you as adulteresses and bloodshed perpetrators are judged, and I will give you blood in wrath and jealousy.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:38:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 16:38, so the Hebrew word וְשֹׁפְכֹ֖ת (veshofekhot) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.16.38.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.38.W4.S1) and character.